Ok guys I am very new to this. I have been shaving for about 3 weeks now with a SR. I purchased one at an antique store, honed it (with a lot of reading on SRP) and I have been shaving with it and the SEVERAL others I have purchased since.

I enjoy everything about it. I like the me time I have while shaving, when I can only think of that one thing. I like the fact I took an old razor, brought it back to presentable condition and used it for the purpose it was created. I like the fact that I am probably the first person to be shaved by some of these razors in 40+ years.

I haven't experimented with a lot of soaps yet and I don't have an expensive brush, a boars hair brush and mug I got at Walmart. But I enjoy picking out the razor I am going to use that day, lathering up and using a device that 99% of people are horrified of. I enjoy that when people find out that I use one they are mortified but slightly curious. I know I have a lot to experience with straight razors but so far I don't think i will ever go back.

The best thing so far was today after I finished shaving and splashed Clubman on my face and didn't feel a burn. Then my wife told me it was the closest shave she had ever seen me with.